The Blue Silver Mine is a gemstone and silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Blue Silver Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Silver Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 1380
Commodity
Primary: Gemstone
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Lone Mountain District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: NODULES, VEINLETS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Bedding Plane Faults N20w N20e Dipping Shallow To Steeply
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Yes Secondary
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Turquoise
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Unknown: Tenorite
Unknown: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Workings): SERIES INCLINED SHAFTS, ADITS, SURFACE CUTS.
Comment (Location): ON EAST PLANK OF LOW HILLS BORDERING THE EAST SIDE OF PAYMASTER CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): DISCONTINUOUS NODULES AND VEINLETS OF TURQUOISE IN ALTERED DIORITE CUT BY LIMONITIC QUARTZ VEINLETS IN FRACTURES.
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION PRIMARILLY DUE TO OXIDIZING SULFIDES IN FAULT ZONES, PRINCIPALLY AS MALACHITE, TENORITE & CERRUSITE, AND OXIDES COATING FAULT GOUGE AND GOSSAN. YELLOW OXIDES COAT ROCKS (36 OXIDE). ORE COATED O CHALCEDONY.
References
Reference (Deposit): MORRISSEY, F.R., 1968, NBM REPORT 17, P.8.
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, MAY 13/1983
Reference (Deposit): NBMG OPEN FILE REPORTS
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
